 The U.S. Navy's four deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington took time out of its busy patrol schedule to honor Marines and sailors lost during the battle of Iwo Jima as the ship passed within view of the historic World War II battle site. It's mind-blowing to even try to imagine what went on here. The battle during 1945 focused on controlling an asset Iwo Jima still has to this day, an airfield. Over 6,000 Marines and sailors lost their lives securing it over a five-week period. Carrier Erring 5 is a minority of people who actually get to come out to Iwo Jima and to experience that. So it's got a lot of historical significance and it's an honor to come down there and train. After Navy Seabees rebuilt the airfield, it served as an emergency landing station for Army Air Force B-29 heavy bombers. And today, it's used to qualify the pilots of George Washington's embarked Erring, Carrier Erring 5, for carrier operations.